Jeremy Corbyn delivers speech in Loughborough

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivered a speech branding US President-Elect Donald Trump and UKIP interim leader Nigel Farage as “farcical at one level, but in reality it’s no joke at all” at Labour’s National Policy Forum in Loughborough last weekend.

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivered a speech at Labour’s National Policy Forum in Loughborough last weekend.

Corbyn branded the actions of both US President-Elect Donald Trump and UKIP interim leader Nigel Farage as “farcical at one level, but in reality it’s no joke at all” as he told party supporters that the “fake anti-elitism” of “rich white men” like the pair must be tackled.

In a speech to Labour’s National Policy Forum, Mr Corbyn said: “Politicians and political parties have a choice in this age of understandable cynicism.

“Do we play on people’s fears and anxieties? Or do we take what might be the more difficult approach - to restore hope?

“We can see the choice being taken by politicians on the hard right - to whip up division against migrants, Muslims, Mexicans, women, LGBT people, people with disabilities.

“The fake anti-elitism of rich, white men - like Nigel Farage and Donald Trump - is farcical at one level, but in reality it’s no joke at all.

“We’ve seen a similar phenomenon in the US since last week’s presidential election as we saw after Brexit: an appalling rise in hate crime.

“Saying anything to win a vote has consequences on the ground afterwards.”

The forum was held at Loughborough University on Saturday, November 19.